The implied capacity of vessels calling at the world’s
largest crude-export complex decreased to the equivalent of 6.94
million barrels a day, compared with 7.94 million barrels for
the week ended March 9, according to signals gathered by IHS
Fairplay, a Redhill, England-based maritime research company.
The data may be incomplete because not all shipping
transmissions are captured.

The Ras Tanura complex, including Ras al-Ju’aymah, is the
largest global crude terminal, according to the website of Saudi
Arabian Oil Co., known as Saudi Aramco. Tankers hauling crude
from the Persian Gulf may call at other loading ports before or
after Ras Tanura, indicating they might have collected partial
cargoes elsewhere.

The table below lists the destination countries of tankers
calling at Ras Tanura in the latest week as of about 9 a.m.
London time today. The percentages represent the share of the
total of Ras Tanura-loaded ships each country is due to receive.
Very large crude carriers are assumed to carry 2 million barrels
each, twice as much as Suezmax tankers. The tally excludes
vessels smaller than Aframaxes, each able to hold 650,000
barrels.